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Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran Canadian receiver Lemar Durant

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian receiver Lemar Durant to a one-year contract Friday. Durant, 30, had 12 catches for 112 yards and a TD in 11 regular-season games with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last season.
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Lemar Durant (1) is unable to hang onto a pass while being tackled by Winnipeg Blue Bombers cornerback Deatrick Nichols (1) during first half CFL football game action in Hamilton, Ont. on Saturday, September 17, 2022. The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian receiver Durant to a one-year contract Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed  veteran Canadian receiver Lemar Durant to a one-year contract Friday.

Durant, 30, had 12 catches for 112 yards and a TD in 11 regular-season games with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last season. 

The six-foot-two, 218-pound Vancouver native, has appeared in 85 career regular-season CFL contests with Calgary, B.C. and Hamilton, registering 195 receptions for 2,465 yards with 14 touchdowns.

Durant won a Grey Cup with Calgary in 2018. He was named the top Canadian in the Stampeders' 27-16 victory over Ottawa. 

The Redblacks also re-signed American defensive back Sherrod Baltimore to a one-year deal. The 30-year-old Baltimore has spent his entire five-year CFL career with Ottawa, registering 22 tackles and eight pass knockdowns in 13 games last season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2023.

The Canadian Press